Timeline:8 Sept 1944: First established
as Tokyo-21D (Dispatch Camp) at Nomachi Factory (Tokyo);
150 Americans arrive ex Noto Maru.xx Mar 1945: Major portions of plant destroyed
in bombing7 April 1945: Jurisdictional control
transferred to Nagoya POW Command, renamed Nagoya Branch #621 May 1945: 150 British POWS arrivexx Jun 1945: POWS moved to Nomachi plant in Takaoka.
Plant formerly was a paper mill.14 Sep 1945: POWS sieze and take train to
Tokyo and rescue.
Japanese Staff:Incomplete report
but we have scanned photographs of the most notorious of the guards.
Ask for scans.War Crime Photos of
Makino and YutaroKeigi Nagahara, brutal bastard known as "One Armed
Bandit" and/or Jusan which means #13 and also "sulphuric acid." Scion
of old Japanese family. Nagahara, was sentenced to a year in prison,
and the director of Hokkai Denka, Makino, got two years.

Labor:Manganese
smelting, machine shop and rock quarry details.
Slave labor at the (1) Nomachi
factory (Fero-alloy smelting plant) and (2) Slave labor at Hokkai
Denka Company, Fushiki (Fero-alloy smelting plant)-
this second plant was approximately 2 miles distant from camp. Some
rock quarry details were used. Most Americans worked at Hokkai Denka,
reached by ferry.
Hell Ship:
Most American men directly from the Noto Maru.Morita
Report: Japanese official describing status of all
Osaka Camps
Lt. Michael John Evans Report (Brit)- states Brits arrived from
Amagasaki POW Camp, Osaka, on 5 March 1945Investigation
Report:
Report of 1st
Lt. Joseph G. Breaune and 1st Lt, Richard H. Wills, Jr.
Detailed history of camp and important events.
Rosters:
137 Americans; 149 BritishPartial Camp
Roster (Yanks) secured from camp photograph, NARA RG 331, Box
942. Notation says 287 men at liberation.Original
British and American rosters (PDF), including patients,
deaths and names of POWs in group photo below.

Group Pictureof POWS with names-
all POWs but not cross-checked with NARA data base.
Deceased:Report of 2nd Lt. Henry T.
Omachi, Inf., AG Casualty Clearance Office, Japanese POW
Bureau (13 men includes two British)Web
Site- POW from Nomachi: Alf Larson- VERY GOOD site with photograph of the
prisoners.Affidavits:
Affidavit ofHarley
Shadoan for War Crime
trials relating conduct of guards and conditions of slavery.Summary
Report by John Powers and
Alf Larson
Photographs:
We have high res scanned pictures of all POWS taken with guards
present; partial roster is used to create a roster present at the time-
it is NOT an official rescue roster. Ask for scans. (See guard staff
pictures)